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WWUS81 KRLX 081815
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV
215 PM EDT SAT AUG 8 2026
WVZ517>520-081845-
SOUTHEAST NICHOLAS WV-SOUTHEAST FAYETTE WV-NORTHWEST NICHOLAS WV-
NORTHWEST FAYETTE WV-
215 PM EDT SAT AUG 8 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL NICHOLAS AND
EASTERN FAYETTE COUNTIES THROUGH 245 PM EDT...
AT 214 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
ANSTED, OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF FAYETTEVILLE, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20
MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS
POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RAINELLE AND BABCOCK STATE PARK.
THIS INCLUDES ROUTE 19 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 21 AND 34.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3810 8111 3824 8097 3810 8068 3808 8071
3810 8088 3808 8089 3806 8087 3805 8083
3806 8082 3806 8080 3804 8083 3802 8080
3800 8079 3798 8077 3795 8081 3793 8079
3787 8085
TIME...MOT...LOC 1814Z 308DEG 16KT 3814 8099
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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